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Jean Cauvin

Jean Cauvin

9.9
A French-born religious leader who teaches that God decides who is saved
  • proper noun
: Juan Calvino
  • Jean Cauvin was a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation and is better known by the English name John Calvin.

Examples

  • The doctrines developed by Jean Cauvin continue to influence Reformed churches around the world.

  • Many historians study the impact of Jean Cauvin on European religious history.

  • The teachings of Jean Cauvin shaped modern Protestantism.

  • Did Jean Cauvin really believe in predestination?

  • Jean Cauvin was a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation and is better known by the English name John Calvin.

  • Many historians study the impact of Jean Cauvin on European religious history.

  • The doctrines developed by Jean Cauvin continue to influence Reformed churches around the world.

Synonyms

John Calvin
vsJean Cauvin
2 6.8

A French-born Swiss religious leader whose ideas helped start many Protestant churches

is the French birth name form rather than the common English form

Surface Forms

Jean Cauvin main

Morphology

Jean + Cauvin

This item is a proper name referring to a historical person (John Calvin); the biographical and doctrinal information in the definition is not encoded in the lexical items 'Jean' and 'Cauvin'. A B1 learner who only knows the constituent name-parts would not be able to infer that this refers to a theologian or reformer, so the meaning is not derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Jean Cauvin was his French birth name, made of Jean (the French form of John) and the family name Cauvin. He later used a Latin form Calvinus, and in English people call him 'John Calvin', so you will often see both names for the same person.